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Any new tips/methods for pulverising shredded MHRB? Options
 
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#1 Posted : 2/3/2013 7:31:12 PM

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Hi,

As it's now virtually impossible to get powdered MHRB, I've acquired 500g of shredded MHRB. Making a fine powder from the shredded bark is proving quite difficult.

I have a 700w Kenwood Blender/processor, but the processor doesn't appear to be up to the task. It will burn out long before it pulverizes my bark.

I've read the other thread about pulverizing bark but there still doesn't seem to be an accepted method of doing this.

Any new ideas?
 

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#2 Posted : 2/3/2013 7:38:25 PM

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I freeze the shreds overnight...then put in a strong bag, Hessian if you can get it, and smack the hell out of it with a hammer.
Then blitz it in a glass blender, shaking as I go.
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#3 Posted : 2/3/2013 7:40:42 PM

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Thanks as always cyb!
 
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#4 Posted : 2/3/2013 8:36:51 PM


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cyb wrote:
I freeze the shreds overnight...

Even better, freeze with dry ice. It will make the bark as brittle as glass. Wink
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#5 Posted : 2/4/2013 5:34:38 PM

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Dry ice is a great suggestion but it's almost impossible to get in
The UK for some reason.
 
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#6 Posted : 2/4/2013 9:29:08 PM

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you could try and get yourself one of these
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#7 Posted : 2/4/2013 10:03:49 PM

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a blend-tec should work ^
BUT that blender runs for about 400 dollars
fyi the container is made from "copolyester material"

 
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#8 Posted : 2/4/2013 11:38:09 PM

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i use secateurs and a coffee grinder, but i only work with 50g at a time.
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#9 Posted : 2/7/2013 5:12:47 PM

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I have a handheld blender... that eats 100g in seconds
Delta Kitchen Mini Food Processor

very cheap... dam good
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#10 Posted : 2/8/2013 8:36:13 AM

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food processors and coffee grinders definitely tend to have a better record than blenders..

has anyone tried a magic bullet?
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#11 Posted : 2/10/2013 4:10:35 PM
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Parshvik Chintan wrote:
food processors and coffee grinders definitely tend to have a better record than blenders..

has anyone tried a magic bullet?


I have, works alright, just gotta shake it up often and it grinds in 10 seconds or so
 
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#12 Posted : 2/10/2013 7:59:47 PM

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Cheap coffee grinder , invert upside down slowly
Feed bark into blades it works .
Easy to replace when it burns out .
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#13 Posted : 2/10/2013 8:22:44 PM

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blernster wrote:
I have, works alright, just gotta shake it up often and it grinds in 10 seconds or so

shaking is a must for coffee grinders and such.

good to know that is an option, as it is fairly common (sounds like it takes less time for mhrb than it does to grind quinoa to flour!).
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